Mount

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Mount may refer to:

[edit] Displays and equipment

• Lens mount, an interface used to fix a lens to a camera
• Telescope mount, a device used to support a telescope
• A fixed point for attaching equipment, such as a hardpoint on an airframe
• The display of an item on a heavy backing such as foamcore
• Preparing dead animals for display in taxidermy

[edit] Computing and software

• Mount (computing), the process of making a file system accessible
• mount (Unix), the utility in Unix-like operating systems which mounts file systems
• Mount (streaming), a concept used in streaming software programs

[edit] Education

• "The Mount", a nickname for the College of Mount St. Joseph

[edit] Other meanings

• Mount (grappling), a grappling position
• Mountain, a landform
• Copulation, the union of the sex organs in mating
• Riding animal, any animal that can be ridden
• Boarding an apparatus used for gymnastics, such as a balance beam

[edit] See also

• Mount (surname)
• The Mount (disambiguation)